gearanach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish geránach (“plaintive, querulous; complaining, wailing”), from gerán (“complaint, wailing, accusation”). Equivalent to gearan (“complaint, grumble”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gearanach (genitive singular masculine gearanaich)

1. querulous, grumbling, whinnying

   Synonyms: crosta, dranndanach, gruamach

Related terms

• gearain
• gearan

 

Mutation

Mutation of gearanach

radical	lenition
gearanach	ghearanach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “geránach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language